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Missile Decision to Be Driven
By Gore's Presidential Campaign

By

Carla Anne Robbins and

Greg Jaffe Staff Reporters of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Aug. 7, 2000 12:01 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON -- Vice President Al Gore's campaign for the White House will likely be the driving factor in President Clinton's decision on whether to move ahead with a national missile-defense program, according to several senior U.S. officials.

Arguments against the program have mounted in recent weeks with the failure of a crucial system test and North Korea's offer to abandon its long-range missile program in exchange for...